Jarvis Cocker Quotes
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When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said - and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded - 'It's like hair color. It's nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It's not a subject.' This was a very healthy attitude.
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Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.
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There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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The country needs more than one-party dominance, as much as I believe the Democratic Party is the party for the middle class... We need to have a marketplace of ideas.
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I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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It's very likely that I will finish my career as Swiss national coach.
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'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.
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Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness.
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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
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I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.
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If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
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The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.
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It was weird - writing is a stupid thing to do. I come up here in the morning to a pleasant room in the roof of my house and imagine I'm a black South American football superstar; then I have to imagine I'm a female pop celebrity who's pregnant. It's a completely mad way to spend your time.
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Hemingway was a jerk.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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The glory is being happy. The glory is not winning here or winning there. The glory is enjoying practicing, enjoy every day, enjoying to work hard, trying to be a better player than before.
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People that know me know I'm very good about doing my own thing and minding my own business.
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You have a short window, you know, and if I plan on living the lifestyle I want, I've got to make a nest egg.
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I'm always drawn to female stories with female protagonists, and I particularly yearn for more older actresses to take centre stage in 2018.
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I'm getting really fond of the room in spite of the wallpaper. Perhaps because of the wallpaper.
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I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'
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Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young.
